“ I trudged down the hill feeling a bit disenchanted and left with solely a photograph
of the Buddha's footprints sprinkled with flower petals, red tikka powder and a few grains of rice placed there as choices.
Avenue-level vantage factors make it difficult to encompass your entire scene
in a single view so I climbed the stairs of every rooftop restaurant in town searching for the most effective angle
for a photograph. In the interim she lives a very pampered existence and every year makes just a few ceremonial forays through the
town riding high on a huge temple chariot
to offer her blessings. On my first day in Nepal I journeyed to the imposing Swayambhunath Stupa
perched high on a hilltop overlooking the Kathmandu Valley however, alas, I discovered the stupa
shrouded in scaffolding for renovation. The Kathmandu Valley is full of magical locations. ”